Genomic Sciences Laboratory

Comparative genomics and interactions of vector thysanopterans and transmitted viruses

Catto, M. A., Labadie, P. E., Kennedy, G. G., Jacobson, A. L., Hunt, B. G., Srinivasan, R., … Srinivasan, R. (2025, November 22). BioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Evaluation of Peregrinus maidis transformer-2 as a target for CRISPR-based control

Wang, Y.-H., Rivera, D. E., Klobasa, W., & Lorenzen, M. D. (2024, April 18). PLoS ONE, Vol. 19.

Draft genome sequence of Exiguobacterium sp. from whole cantaloupe, with inhibition capacity against Listeria monocytogenes

Vishnivetskaya, T. A., Niedermeyer, J., Guttierrez-Rodriguerz, E., Baltzegar, D., Parsons, C., & Kathariou, S. (2023, December 14). Microbiology Resource Announcements.

A new species of Bregmaceros (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on B. atlanticus and B. japonicus

HAROLD, A. N. T. O. N. Y. S., & BALTZEGAR, D. A. N. D. R. E. W. (2023, October 2). Zootaxa.

Pest status, molecular evolution, and epigenetic factors derived from the genome assembly of Frankliniella fusca, a thysanopteran phytovirus vector

BMC Genomics, 24(1).

Cassava begomovirus species diversity changes during plant vegetative cycles

Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.

Enhanced biodiversity of gut flora and feed efficiency in pond cultured tilapia under reduced frequency feeding strategies

Salger, S. A., Reza, J., Deck, C. A., Wahab, M. A., Baltzegar, D. A., Murr, A. T., & Borski, R. J. (2020, July 23). PLoS ONE, Vol. 15.

Transcriptional regulation ofprolactinin a euryhaline teleost: Characterisation of gene promoters through in silico and transcriptome analyses

Seale, A. P., Malintha, G. H. T., Celino‐Brady, F. T., Head, T., Belcaid, M., Yamaguchi, Y., … Breves, J. P. (2020, September 5). Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Vol. 32.

Differential chromatin accessibility landscape reveals structural and functional features of the allopolyploid wheat chromosomes

Jordan, K. W., He, F., Soto, M. F., Akhunova, A., & Akhunov, E. (2020, July 19). Genome Biology.

Leptin Stimulates Cellular Glycolysis Through a STAT3 Dependent Mechanism in Tilapia

Douros, J. D., Baltzegar, D. A., Reading, B. J., Seale, A. P., Lerner, D. T., Grau, E. G., & Borski, R. J. (2018, August 21). Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol. 9.

Rapid evolution and the genomic consequences of selection against interspecific mating

Molecular Ecology, 27(18), 3641–3654.

Ecology of sleeping: the microbial and arthropod associates of chimpanzee beds

Thoemmes, M. S., Stewart, F. A., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Bertone, M. A., Baltzegar, D. A., Borski, R. J., … Dunn, R. R. (2018, May 1). Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5.

Efficacy of Chlorantraniliprole in Controlling Structural Infestations of the Eastern Subterranean Termite in the USA

Jones, S., Vargo, E., Keefer, T., Labadie, P., Scherer, C., Gallagher, N., & Gold, R. (2017, August 31). Insects.

Control of leptin by metabolic state and its regulatory interactions with pituitary growth hormone and hepatic growth hormone receptors and insulin like growth factors in the tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus )

Douros, J. D., Baltzegar, D. A., Mankiewicz, J., Taylor, J., Yamaguchi, Y., Lerner, D. T., … Borski, R. J. (2016, July 20). General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 240, pp. 227–237.

Development of a universal double-digest RAD sequencing approach for a group of nonmodel, ecologically and economically important insect and fish taxa

Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(6), 1303–1314.

Phylogenetic Analysis of Molluscan Metallothioneins: Evolutionary Insight from Crassostrea virginica

Jenny, M. J., Payton, S. L., Baltzegar, D. A., & Lozier, J. D. (2016, September 27). Journal of Molecular Evolution.

Unrelated secondary reproductives in the neotropical termite Silvestritermes euamignathus (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Haifig, I., Vargo, E. L., Labadie, P., & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2016, January 19). Die Naturwissenschaften.

Relationship between invasion success and colony breeding structure in a subterranean termite

Perdereau, E., Bagnères, A. G., Vargo, E. L., Baudouin, G., Xu, Y., Labadie, P., … Dedeine, F. (2015, January 30). Molecular Ecology.

Lrp13 is a novel vertebrate lipoprotein receptor that binds vitellogenins in teleost fishes

Reading, B. J., Hiramatsu, N., Schilling, J., Molloy, K. T., Glassbrook, N., Mizuta, H., … Sullivan, C. V. (2014, September 13). Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 55, pp. 2287–2295.

Prolactin is a major inhibitor of hepatic Leptin A synthesis and secretion: Studies utilizing a homologous Leptin A ELISA in the tilapia

Douros, J. D., Baltzegar, D. A., Breves, J. P., Lerner, D. T., Seale, A. P., Grau, E. G., & Borski, R. J. (2014, March 23). General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 207, pp. 86–93.

Phylogenetic revision of the claudin gene family

Baltzegar, D. A., Reading, B. J., Brune, E. S., & Borski, R. J. (2013, May 28). Marine Genomics, Vol. 11, pp. 17–26.

Role for leptin in promoting glucose mobilization during acute hyperosmotic stress in teleost fishes

Baltzegar, D. A., Reading, B. J., Douros, J. D., & Borski, R. J. (2013, November 5). Journal of Endocrinology, Vol. 220, pp. 61–72.

Cloning and characterization of leptin in a Perciform fish, the striped bass (Morone saxatilis): Control of feeding and regulation by nutritional state

Won, E. T., Baltzegar, D. A., Picha, M. E., & Borski, R. J. (2012, May 1). General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 178, pp. 98–107.

Asexual queen succession in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus

Vargo, E. L., Labadie, P. E., & Matsuura, K. (2011, August 10). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Molecular characterization of two isoforms of piscidin 4 from the hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis)

Salger, S. A., Reading, B. J., Baltzegar, D. A., Sullivan, C. V., & Noga, E. J. (2010, October 17). Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Vol. 30, pp. 420–424.